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We need to look South for new members! - Louisianafanrcajun90 - 05-06-2014 11:16 AM
Hey why not invite the Mexicans? Huge markets and student enrollment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONEFA
RE: We need to look South for new members! - boroeagle2 - 05-06-2014 11:56 AM
I know this is toungue in cheek, but it really might not be a bad idea. Invite a Mexican school that is close to the border with similar enrollment size to most SB members. They would almost certainly field men's soccer, and they definitely fit the Sun Belt footprint more than UMASS or Idaho. Latinos are a huge growth market in the U.S...
Viva la Conferencia Cinturon del Sol!
RE: We need to look South for new members! - TroyFootball05 - 05-06-2014 11:57 AM
(05-06-2014 11:56 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote: I know this is toungue in cheek, but it really might not be a bad idea. Invite a Mexican school that is close to the border with similar enrollment size to most SB members. They would almost certainly field men's soccer, and they definitely fit the Sun Belt footprint more than UMASS or Idaho. Latinos are a huge growth market in the U.S...
Viva la Conferencia Cinturon del Sol!
Viva la Universidad Del Columbia!!
RE: We need to look South for new members! - panama - 05-06-2014 11:59 AM
...oh brother
#offseason
RE: We need to look South for new members! - theothermav - 05-06-2014 12:08 PM
(05-06-2014 11:16 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote: Hey why not invite the Mexicans? Huge markets and student enrollment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONEFA
The UT System is promoting football in the Rio Grande Valley and the new UT-RGV.
http://956sports.com/go/2014/04/30/longhorns-football-coach-headlines-ut-tour-visit-in-rgv/
RE: We need to look South for new members! - ark30inf - 05-06-2014 12:12 PM
We are working on it guys....
http://www.astate.edu/news/queretaro-arkansas-state-leaders-break-ground-for-historic-campus-in-mexico
RE: We need to look South for new members! - Tom in Lazybrook - 05-06-2014 12:19 PM
(05-06-2014 11:56 AM)boroeagle2 Wrote: I know this is toungue in cheek, but it really might not be a bad idea. Invite a Mexican school that is close to the border with similar enrollment size to most SB members. They would almost certainly field men's soccer, and they definitely fit the Sun Belt footprint more than UMASS or Idaho. Latinos are a huge growth market in the U.S...
Viva la Conferencia Cinturon del Sol!
How does Florida Jag feel about this? :-)
RE: We need to look South for new members! - Tom in Lazybrook - 05-06-2014 12:20 PM
(05-06-2014 12:08 PM)theothermav Wrote:(05-06-2014 11:16 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote: Hey why not invite the Mexicans? Huge markets and student enrollment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONEFA
The UT System is promoting football in the Rio Grande Valley and the new UT-RGV.
http://956sports.com/go/2014/04/30/longhorns-football-coach-headlines-ut-tour-visit-in-rgv/
Baby, you have no idea. UTPA was in the Sun Belt. They managed to get expelled. From what I understand they ain't never getting back in.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - arkstfan - 05-06-2014 12:42 PM
(05-06-2014 12:12 PM)ark30inf Wrote: We are working on it guys....
http://www.astate.edu/news/queretaro-arkansas-state-leaders-break-ground-for-historic-campus-in-mexico
AState-Q will have a hoops gym, probably a soccer field too, I don't remember, I mainly remember that they will have a place for hoops.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - FloridaJag - 05-06-2014 12:55 PM
I nominate UH - University of Havana http://www.uh.cu/
RE: We need to look South for new members! - panama - 05-06-2014 12:56 PM
(05-06-2014 12:55 PM)FloridaJag Wrote: I nominate UH - University of Havana http://www.uh.cu/
You nominated a broke university.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - GoApps70 - 05-06-2014 01:06 PM
How about that 340,000 student university in Mexico City.
Would the visiting players be safe? Not sure all of them or their parents would have no concerns.
Especially with headlines of an American being chained to his jail cell bed in Mexico
supposedly because he missed a turn and went into Mexico on the highway illegally.
Isn't just across the border pretty wild?
RE: We need to look South for new members! - panama - 05-06-2014 01:23 PM
(05-06-2014 01:06 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: How about that 340,000 student university in Mexico City.
Would the visiting players be safe? Not sure all of them or their parents would have no concerns.
Especially with headlines of an American being chained to his jail cell bed in Mexico
supposedly because he missed a turn and went into Mexico on the highway illegally.
Isn't just across the border pretty wild?
The border is something akin to Iraq right now. If you make a u-turn or turn off into Mexico with something questionable like a disassembled gun in this case you're going to be in deep horse manure. The level of precaution and panic is pretty high thanks to the Zetas. Mexico City is a million miles away from the situation on the border.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - theothermav - 05-06-2014 02:08 PM
(05-06-2014 12:20 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote: Baby, you have no idea. UTPA was in the Sun Belt. They managed to get expelled. From what I understand they ain't never getting back in.
They're under a new management.![[Image: shh-dont-tell-sm1.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mkRru7NneTM/TkFfetZaFOI/AAAAAAAAAnk/6HUCZGdN6mU/s1600/shh-dont-tell-sm1.jpg)
RE: We need to look South for new members! - SlyFox - 05-06-2014 03:25 PM
Back before the violence, Monterrey Tech might have been a viable option. But the violence has made the point moot. The recent successes in the drug war in the interior have been notable. But we are long way from a secure country for collegiate sports.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - pjc1979 - 05-06-2014 03:46 PM
Do these Mexican schools actually play American football? I not talking about that European/South American futbol crap.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - panama - 05-06-2014 03:48 PM
(05-06-2014 03:46 PM)pjc1979 Wrote: Do these Mexican schools actually play American football? I not talking about that European/South American futbol crap.
smh
RE: We need to look South for new members! - Cajuncat - 05-06-2014 04:51 PM
It amazes me how little people know about the violence going on along the border. It's a bad idea to even think bout living in towns like Laredo, Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass or El Paso. Still amazes me UTEP gets recruits. Rather take my chances in the 5th Ward at night with a Rolex on my wrist and a fresh pair of Jordans than get caught in or near the border.
RE: We need to look South for new members! - msu_bears - 05-06-2014 05:20 PM
(05-06-2014 04:51 PM)Cajuncat Wrote: It amazes me how little people know about the violence going on along the border. It's a bad idea to even think bout living in towns like Laredo, Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass or El Paso. Still amazes me UTEP gets recruits. Rather take my chances in the 5th Ward at night with a Rolex on my wrist and a fresh pair of Jordans than get caught in or near the border.
I guess you fail to realize some of those cities like El Paso actually have a low crime rate by American standards? The cities on the Canadian border combined have more murders than all of the Mexican border cities combined...
RE: We need to look South for new members! - Louisianafanrcajun90 - 05-06-2014 06:47 PM
(05-06-2014 03:46 PM)pjc1979 Wrote: Do these Mexican schools actually play American football? I not talking about that European/South American futbol crap.
Yes they do and it is very popular. I know folks in Monterry that are huge Saint fans. They play two NFL games every Sunday throughout Mexican broadcast TV.